On our Lean 4.0 Moodle platform, you will learn about cutting-edge advancements in Lean and Industry 4.0. You will find novel and interesting contents that we have classified into four different main categories in Moodle. The four main categories are the following: 1. LEAN4.0 Movie. This is a general and introductory category, Read more…
Lean and Industry 4.0 technologies have attracted the interest of manufacturing companies since they can support them in coping with the increasingly challenging market demands. However, knowledge on which technology to implement, how to do so, etc. is missing. Moreover, universities (especially applied universities) need to adapt to these new Read more…
A lunch-to-lunch meeting after the well-organized ELEC conference was the occasion for the project partners to meet (either physically in Trondheim or digitally) to summarize the status of the project, discuss the final steps before the end of the project, analyze the lessons learnt and to explore future possibilities to Read more…
More than 50 managers from various countries contributed in action research conducted by HAN University of Applied Sciences. The outcome of various round table sessions shows that the development of knowledge networks is especially important for the (future) Lean 4.0 Operations/Engineering manager. Therefore the Lean 4.0 project team started a Read more…
Over 50 managers, Lean experts and researchers participated in an interesting and interactive discussion. Former Toyota Manager Isao Yoshino clarified four important roles of managers at Toyota, as he experienced in his career: Devotion on evolutionary learning. Seeing ‘’bad news” as an opportunity to become better in the future; Understanding Read more…
Thursday February 25th , Thursday March 4th , and Thursday March 11th , from 9:00 am – 10:00 am (MSTeams sessions) Three meetings for operations directors and managers interested in Lean and Industry 4.0 technologies. How is the work of the operations director and managers changing because of the development Read more…
An assessment tool has been developed and tested which supports the management of industrial companies to understand the situation of their firms with respect to Lean and Industry 4.0. The assessment identifies gaps between the real and the desired use of Lean methods and Industry 4.0 tools and provides input Read more…
The seminar was organised in collaboration with Lean Forum Midt-Norge and the Erasmus+ project LEAN 4.0. LEAN 4.0 aims to integrate smart technologies with the proven Lean Manufacturing paradigm. Smart digital technologies offer new opportunities for Lean operations. The seminar discussed the possibilities of Smart technologies for the improvement of operations Read more…
Daryl Powell, Katie Anderson The world is changing. Organizations are shifting beyond their lean transformations to digital transformation, and in some cases adopting a hybrid approach – a so-called digital-lean transformation. Whatever the approach, we assert that developing a learning-to-learn capability is a core and critical success criteria for sustainable Read more…
LEAN 4.zero meeting at HAN University of Applied Sciences (29 January – 31 January 2020) The team of the LEAN4.zero project organized project meetings at the HAN University of Applied Sciences, from January 29th to Januari 31st, 2020. A major outcome of these meetings were the steps to be taken to Read more…